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Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

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Simon Callow on Twelfth Night and Sir Toby Belch

18 February 2011

in 20th-century Drama, Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: TWELFTH NIGHT Heather Neill talks to the award-winning veteran actor and author Simon Callow about playing Sir Toby Belch for 80-year-old Sir Peter Hall in Twelfth Night, which is currently at the National. He also discusses the broader cultural context of postwar theatre. Recorded at the National.

West End Review: February 2011

5 February 2011

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Peter Hall’s Twelfth Night (National), Nina Raine’s Tiger Country (Hampstead), Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw (Almeida), Greenland (National), and Terence Rattigan’s Less Than Kind (Jermyn Street). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Edward Hall on his Propeller double-bill

29 January 2011

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: EDWARD HALL The artistic director of the all-male Shakespeare ensemble Propeller (and who also now runs Hampstead Theatre) talks to Dominic Cavendish about his approach to Richard III and The Comedy of Errors, the company’s latest touring double-bill.

The first British-Asian Hamlet makes the bard popular

26 January 2011

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

ASIAN VOICES: DHARMESH PATEL The first British-Asian Hamlet talks to Suman Bhuchar about making his Shakespearean debut in the RSC’s 70-minute young people’s version of the play, which is touring Britain and will arrive at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in February. Recorded at the Roundhouse, where he is also playing in the RSC’s The Comedy of Errors and As You Like It.

Dominic Dromgoole on massive plans for the Globe

21 January 2011

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: DOMINIC DROMGOOLE The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe talks about his plans for a multi-lingual festival of Shakespeare’s complete works, to coincide with the run-up to the 2012 Olympics; he also describes the major new project to construct an indoor Jacobean theatre alongside the Globe and outlines the vision behind the 2011 season The Word Is God. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Royal Shakespeare Company unveils its new Stratford base

23 November 2010

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: NEW STRATFORD THEATRES To coincide with the unveiling of the £112.8m improved, enhanced and astounding Royal Shakespeare (RST) and Swan theatres, Michael Boyd – artistic director of the RSC – talks to Carole Woddis about this major new chapter in the company’s near 50-year-history.

West End Review: November 2010 (1/2)

2 November 2010

in Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW: AUTUMN REVIVALS SPECIAL Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Hamlet, starring Rory Kinnear (National Theatre), Men Should Weep (National), When We Are Married (Garrick), Country Girl (Apollo), Broken Glass (Tricycle) and Blasted (Lyric Hammersmith). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet at the National

19 October 2010

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET Actor Rory Kinnear gives Heather Neill an in-depth analysis of the central role in Nicholas Hytner’s critically lauded production, which is currently running at the National Theatre (it will be broadcast as part of NT Live on 9 December). Recorded at the National.

Playwright Nell Leyshon: Bedlam at the Globe

16 September 2010

in Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: NELL LEYSHON The playwright talks to Heather Neill about her latest play, Bedlam (Shakespeare’s Globe), the first by a female writer at this venue, and about her award-winning Comfort Me with Apples (Hampstead, 2005). Recorded at Shakespeare’s Globe.

The Theatre: archaeology of an Elizabethan venue

14 September 2010

in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: ARCHAEOLOGY SPECIAL Heather Knight of the Museum of London Archaeology and Penny Tuerk of the Tower Theatre talk to Heather Neill about excavations of The Theatre, the first purpose-built venue in Elizabethan London, where several of Shakespeare’s plays were first put on. Recorded at the Museum of London Archaeology.

Roger Allam plays Falstaff at the Globe

3 August 2010

in Actors and Performers, Outdoors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 Actor Roger Allam talks to Heather Neill about his critically acclaimed performance as Falstaff in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Shakespeare’s Globe), directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Recorded at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Lucy Bailey on the Scottish play

21 May 2010

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: MACBETH Director Lucy Bailey talks to Heather Neill in depth about her current production of Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe, which stars Elliot Cowan and Laura Rogers. Recorded at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Actor Will Keen: Cheek by Jowl and the Scottish Play

14 May 2010

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: MACBETH Actor Will Keen, who plays the title role opposite Anastasia Hille’s Lady Macbeth, talks to Heather Neill about this Cheek by Jowl production, which is directed by Declan Donnellan. Recorded at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.

Dennis Kelly and Maria Aberg: The Gods Weep

19 March 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: DENNIS KELLY AND MARIA ABERG The playwright and director of The Gods Weep, a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Hampstead Theatre, starring Jeremy Irons, talk to Aleks Sierz about this epic play, which depicts the descent into an apocalyptic nightmare of Colm, its turbo-charged capitalist protagonist. Recorded at the RSC.

Director Michael Attenborough on Measure for Measure

1 March 2010

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Transcripts

SHAKESPEARE: MEASURE FOR MEASURE Director Michael Attenborough talks to Heather Neill about his modern-dress production of Shakespeare’s problem play, currently on at the Almeida, and starring Rory Kinnear and Anna Maxwell Martin. Recorded at the Almeida.

Spanish Golden Age: Madness in Valencia

12 February 2010

in Directors, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SPANISH GOLDEN AGE SPECIAL Director Simon Evans talks to Heather Neill about his production of Lope De Vega’s Madness in Valencia (which has just transferred to the Trafalgar Studios from the White Bear), a revival of a classic from 16th-century Spain by a contemporary of Shakespeare. Recorded at the Trafalgar Studios.

Director Marianne Elliott and NT Live Shakespeare

12 August 2009

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Director Marianne Elliott talks to Heather Neill about her magical National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play about the love of Helena for Bertram, and its background of sex, snobbery and inter-generational conflict. Recorded at the National.

West End Review: July 2009 (1/2)

24 July 2009

in Reviews and Roundtables, Russian Drama, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW (1/2) Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Phedre (National), The Cherry Orchard and The Winter Tale’s (Old Vic) and Hamlet (Wyndhams). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

In-depth interview with Olivier-winning Clare Higgins

1 July 2009

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: CLARE HIGGINS Currently starring as Countess Rossillion in All’s Well That Ends Well at the National, the award-winning actress tells Philip Fisher about her life and work, including Vincent in Brixton, and reveals her designs on Macbeth. Recorded at the National Theatre.

National supremo Nick Hytner on Phedre

29 May 2009

in Directors, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

NT LIVE SPECIAL: NICHOLAS HYTNER The artistic director of the National Theatre talks in depth to Heather Neill about his revival of Phedre ahead of its live satellite broadcast to 70 cinemas in the UK, and 200 round the world on June 25. He outlines the rationale behind this bold new initiative and discusses working on Racine in detail.

NT Live: Dame Helen Mirren on Phedre

29 May 2009

in Actors and Performers, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

NT LIVE SPECIAL: DAME HELEN MIRREN Heather Neill talks to the award-winning actress about playing Phedre at the National Theatre and the plans to relay her performance live to thousands of people in cinemas across Britain and the world as part of NT LIVE on 25th June.

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